Now your messages land where your members already are

Push notifications and rich messages come to Broadcasts

A new kind of reach

When we launched Messaging, we wanted to keep your whole church connected through the week, not only on a Sunday. Now the tool you already use can do something new. It can deliver your message as a push notification, straight to your members' phones.

This is rolling out now as part of the Messaging beta. Please watch the quick video below:

A message that actually gets seen

Emails are easy to miss. They sit in a crowded inbox, get buried under everything else, and often go unread for days.

Now, when you send a Broadcast, you can choose to push it as a notification to every member who has the Hubb app installed, is logged in, and has notifications switched on. The moment you hit send, your update appears on their phone, in the same place they read messages from family and friends.

It could be a last-minute venue change, an urgent prayer request, or a reminder about Sunday. Whatever you need to say, your words reach people where they already are.

Messages that look the part

Your messages are not limited to plain text. You can send rich, formatted content, including headings, links, images and styled text, so a message looks as good as it reads.

A weekly bulletin can feel like a proper bulletin. An event announcement can carry the image that brings it to life, and an important update can be laid out so it is clear at a glance.

Getting set up

Push notifications are part of the Messaging beta, so there are two quick things to switch on first:

• Sign up to the Messaging beta for your church.
• Enable a mailing channel: go to Admin → Config → Consent and turn on a Broadcasts channel.

Once that is done, Broadcasts will appear as a messaging channel when you create a new message, and you can send to your members in line with their consent and preferences.

What your members need

For a member to receive a push notification, they will need to:

• Have the Hubb app installed
• Be logged in to your church's app
• Have notifications enabled on their device

Once that is in place, they will get everything you send.

Part of something bigger

Broadcasts are one part of our biggest Messaging update yet, a whole new way to keep your church connected through the week:

• Messaging: simple, secure one-to-one and group chat for your teams, ministries and leadership groups.
• Safe Messaging: a carefully controlled way for your children's and youth leaders to encourage young people, always with parental approval and full audit logs.
• Broadcasts: rich, formatted messages that land as a push notification right on your members' phones.

It is all built into the app you already use, with no extra apps to manage and nothing complicated to set up. One connected way to reach your whole church, with your message landing where people will actually see it.

Read the full blog post about Messaging and Safe Messaging.